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@latten tatrsljatrat @ffice JOSHUA HARRISON, OF BROOKLYN, AND GEORGE W. HARRIS, OF NEWl YORK., -ASSIGNORS TO-THEMSELVES AND CHARLES H. HUDSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

Letters Patent No. 66,836, d aterl July 16,1857.

IMPROVED vCLOTHES-WEINGER.

TO ALL WHOM AIT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that we, JOSHUA HARRISON, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, and State of New York, and GisonGE W. HARRIS, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Wringers; and we do hereby dcclarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and -to the letters of reference marked thereon,

The object of o'ur'invention is to produce a cheap clothes-wringer, which shall be self-adjusting, and reliable and effective in its operation, and in which there shall be no liability of the rolls becoming crushed or fiattened by being left screwedtightly together after having been used, which very often happens with the wringers now generally employed. 4

It consists of a frame composed of two end piecesconnected at or near the top by a bar or rod, and fitted with suitable boxes, in which the journals of the upper roll rest; the said end pieces being also connected, at or near the'centre, by a rod, to which a pair of bent'levers or bell-cranks are attached, the endsof the lower rolls resting in the elbow or angle of these cranks, and their lower vends serving, in conjunction with the lower ends of the frame, to grasp the tub, and thus firmly secure the elothes-wringer thereto. Also, in the combination with the upper land lower roll, and the top bar of the frame, of a long, bent, curved, or elliptic spring, which forces the rolls together, and alsol causes the lower ends of the end pieces and levers to grasp more rmly the tub or other article to which the wringer is attached, while at the same time the rolls are free to fall apart, and thus be relieved from all pressure when the wringer is removed from'the tub. Also, in the combination with the said spring and upper bar of a teat or projection on one which fitsinto a recess or depression in the other, and thus secures the said spring in place.' In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a side elevation of our improved wringer.

Figure 2 is an end elevation of the same. v

Figure 3 is a vertical cross-section through the centre.

A is thc upper roll, B the lower roll, D and E the end pieces of the frame, F the top bar,and G the longcurved'or elliptic spring. The roll A is set in the boxes a a, which are fitted into slots or openings b Zz in the end pieces D and E. This roll isheld down by the spring G, one end of which bears on cach ofthe boxes a a, for that purpose; but-when a garment or piece of cloth of more than the usual thickness passes between the rolls, the upper roll is forced upward and the spring bent back. The pressure of the spring, sustained by the bar F, react-s on the lower roll, which is hung in the bent levers H and I, at their angles or elbows. These cranks or bent levers are hung to the rod J, considerablyout of the line of pressure,` and the pressure downward is therefore transmittedto their lower ends, and causes themtograsp the tub more firmly. The lowerroll is driven in the usual manner by a crank on the shaft K. The spring G is secured in place by a teat, c, on the bar F, and a corresponding depression in the spring G, into which depression the said teat its. A {iange or lip may be cast on the barvF, at each side, so as to furnish 'a seat or grooveinto which the said spring may fit, as shown in red lines in iig. 1. The boxes a a are closed at the outer ends, so that no oil or grease used to lubricate the journals can escape outward and soil the hands, or the clothes which are being putthrongh the machine. The teat or projection`c`maybe.made on the spring, and a corresponding depression on the bar F, if preferred; but we consider the construction shown the best. I

In the clothes-wringcr constructed according to our invention there are no screws nor rivets, and nothing to be adjusted after the machine is put into the hands of the operator, as the spring G, acting on the rolls, and also on the devicesf'or securing the machine to the tub, renders it entirely self-adjusting, which lits it above anyiinach-ine heretofore made for use in private families, where' ignorant or careless servants frequently injure' and destroy the more elaborate'and costly machines. The construction is extremely simple, and there are none of the parts which can become-derangedby careless handling o r by neglect; and in using it, it is only necessary to press it dow-n on the side or end ofthe tub or other article to which it is to be-attached, the spring G causing it to firmly grasp the said tub, and also holding the rollers snugly together.` On removing it, the jaws immediately become relaxed and the rolls fall apart,'by which i'tbecomes impossible to injure them by leaving them screledtightly together after they have become heated by use, as Yery often happens with the mchines now in use.

We clzt'm as our nventiou- 1. The combina/tionl with the end pieces D and E and rolls A and B of the bar F and spring G, sbstftn` tially as set forth. p

2. The combination, in a clothes-wringer, with the bar F and spring G, of a, tent or projeetion, c, upon one which ts into :t depression in the other, to hold said spring in its place, substantialyzts hereinabove specified.

JOSHUA HARRISON, Witnesses: GEO. W. HARRIS.

Cms. H. HUDSON,- H. JAMES WESTON. 

